@mojokingbee - Pretty sure you're getting better... cause there's just no way anyone who draws as much as you won't get any better. Seriously, you seem to be drawing a looot. I like that joker, great face.

I think it's pretty hard to tell if you're getting better until you take a look at some of things you were drawing a few years ago and realise they don't look nearly as good as you remember them. I've got some old cartoons that I remember being really happy with but looking at them now they look horrible!

It's my birthday month. 29 years spinning around on a ball. That means a lot of fan art. Not to say there hasn't been a job or two. I'm currently contracted with an iPhone gaming company which is sort of cool. I also still pick up a variety show of gigs from Craigslist. The following was one of those. Guy did a call for an artist. He needed four custom Clue Cards for his proposal. She said yes, by the way. I can't wait to see what this month brings. These threads keep my bulb glowing.

I made this for a client earlier this week. He had bought a similiar drawing off me years ago that got damaged during a move so he hired me to make a replacement. 30" x 40" ink on paper

and I'm also excited because I got my new book published in time for the Toronto Comic Con next weekend, should be fun. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349474#Comment_349474Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:15:08 -0600GreasemonkeyBuilding phase:

Just got it fully painted this weekend:

And installed in my living room. It's finished in cadmium colours to match the Sims 2 painting on the wall above it.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349569#Comment_349569Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:37:24 -0600DBedThe webcomic that I have been working on (as the illustrator) with writer Vito Delsante called PRISONER OF NONE has gone LIVE! There should be a new page or two up each week.

@Clarkthehomonculus; You will find a variety of different methods over the years. I would say the best suggestion on the limited amount of information that you provided about your situation is use what you got. Go outside (evening or morning), don't be in direct sunlight and take a photo of your art. No one is going to shake a walker at you for wanting to share your art and your means aren't crisp scanned papers. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349630#Comment_349630Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:49:36 -0600Ryan S Thomason
Threshold. It's not the most subtle of effects, but if you play with it a bit you might have some luck. Just remembered: Colours > Curves might be more suited for separating pencil lines from the background.@Jack - Thanks! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349662#Comment_349662Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:00:55 -0600mojokingbeeARTISTS' THREAD (March 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349671#Comment_349671
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349696#Comment_349696Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:26:22 -0600BerserkerDid this in a moleskin, so it's a little bit dirty, and there's plenty of pencil slop under the ink that I didn't dare erase, since the paper doesn't really soak up the ink from the fine pen work, and if I did try I'd end up erasing the ink too.

That being said, I'm not an artist and therefore feel like I shouldn't really be saying anything... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=349805#Comment_349805Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:35:14 -0500Paul Sizer
That being said, I'm not an artist and therefore feel like I shouldn't really be saying anything...Bull! Objective viewpoints are what good artists actually need to get better. And I agree; this is a tricky vantage point, with the flat of the blade having a center ridge, and coming to a sharp edge side to side. The only other thing I could do would be to angle the reflections along the angle of the blade. Hmmm, maybe I'll take another swing at it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=350356#Comment_350356Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:07:00 -0500DavieQuick critique: Angel fellow's hands could use a bit more structure. It might help to lightly sketch the palm and all the fingers before you put in the inks. Hands are hard to get right, and it's usually really helpful to pay attention to the positioning of every part of them, even the bits you can't see. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=350361#Comment_350361Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:13:43 -0500mojokingbeeI'll just leave this here...Drink & Draw stuff ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=11004&Focus=350449#Comment_350449Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:47:28 -0500NeilFord
Mike Lynch for Owen Watts small press time travel anthology, The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel recently, and recieved my copy last week. It was the 1st time I've ever seen my work printed or lettered [...by the fabulous Nikki Foxrobot .] It was awesome to see my art in the final product and I was really impressed with the print quality of the book and stories throughout.

It's obviously really in a rough stage right now, but it's starting to look like something. I hadn't painted on canvas for about 20 years, so I decided to change it up a little and go back to canvas for a couple of pieces. I started out with no plan and got more of a plan as I went along. I still don't know what the final piece will look like. Maybe the face will be in there, maybe it won't...we'll see. I'm experimenting with different spray paints and paint markers on this one and will probably finish with oils. ]]>
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